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Novartis Receives Add’l Approval for Afinitor as 1st pNET Indication in Japan
Novartis Pharma received on December 22 approval for an additional indication for its anticancer treatment Afinitor (everolimus) as a treatment for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET). Afinitor is the first drug ever approved in Japan for this indication. Distinct from other…
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